Disabled sports, esports, climate, inclusiveness: Paris 2024, a golden opportunity?

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On the occasion of Demain le Sport, the franceinfo Talk returns to the issues and challenges of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Ludo Pauchant receives, with Hugo Capelli, Pauline Déroulède, Jean-Baptiste Alaize, Marc “Marcote” Pardaillé, Armelle Courtois , César Dugast, Halba Diouf and Samuel Etienne.

Tuesday September 19, Tomorrow Sport returns for a second edition. On the occasion of the event organized by franceinfo, L’Équipe and France Télévisions, Talk relocates its studio to the heart of the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique.

A few months before the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Ludo Pauchant, alongside Hugo Capelli, welcomes athletes, experts and leading actors to exchange and debate on the issues and challenges raised by this international competition which will take place in France. ‘next summer.

An initial discussion on the place of disabled sports and its promotion in this competition, with Pauline Déroulède, French wheelchair tennis champion and Jean-Baptiste Alaize, Paralympic athlete and author From hell to light (ed. Michel Lafon).

Ludo Pauchant also welcomes Marc “Marcote” Pardaillé, professional esports player at Gameward. Will esports soon become an Olympic sport?

In 2021, the organizers of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games promised the first Games to “positive contribution to the climate”. But is this promise credible? César Dugast, from the Eclaircies collective, and Armelle Courtois, Kitespeed vice world champion and co-founder of the Sport for Future event, come to highlight the climate issues linked to this international competition.

Paris 2024 hopes that these Games will leave “a more inclusive society”. However, the International Athletics Federation decided last March to exclude transgender athletes in the female category. Halba Diouf, a transgender athlete who can compete at the national level, was denied regional and national championships. She comes to talk on the Talk about sport in the face of transidentity.

Join us from 6 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, and from 12 p.m. on Tuesdays on the franceinfo Twitch channel to participate in Ludo Pauchant’s Talk. Come exchange and debate around current issues.


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